Fire-place



(N Modell) I. C. WILLIAMS.

PIRE PLAGE. No. 315,367.Y Patented Apr."7, 1885.

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.UNITED rSTATES' PATENT OFFICE.

A ISA AG C. WILLIAMS, OF AUBURN, VEST VIRGINIA.

FIRE-PLACE.

v SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 315,367, dated Apr17, 1885.

Application med May 23, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IsAAc C. WILLIAMS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Auburn, in the county of Ritchie and State of West Virginia, have invented certain new and `useful Improvements in Fire-Places; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and eX- act description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a front view of my device. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same. Fig.'3 is a plan view, and Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view.

This invention relates to that class of ranges and stoves called parlor-cookersi7 and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement of devices, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth ,and pointed out in the appended claim.

' Inthe accompanying drawings, A represents a range or lire-place of rectangular form, and built upon a'floor, B, of brick or other proper material. y

G is the front surface of the range, provided with the clip c, attached horizontally across it at its upper edge, and with the similar clips, c and c2, horizontally across it, respectively, at its central part and a little above its lower edge. c3 is a rectangular opening in the front between the upper and middle clip, and c* is a similar opening between the middle andvlower clip. The widths of these openings equalthe distance between the clips, and their ends are equally distant from the sides of the range. The lower edge of clip c and upper edge of clip c have ways formed in them for the accommodation of the rectangular sliding doors D D, which, when meeting centrally against each other and against a proper stop in said ways, close the opening c3. The lower edge of clip c and upper edge of clip c2 are provided with similar ways for the accommoda tion of similar doors, E E, to close the opening c4.

F is the hearth,secured to the lower edge of clip c2 in front of the opening c4 by pins fixed to the clip, which enter proper holes inthe other.

G is the ash-pan, iitting snugly between the i hearth and the floor B and running into the ash-pit g below the grate, the front of the range below the hearth being cut away at g for its` entrance.

H is the grate, of suitable form, and situated inthe usual or other proper position.

I I are jambs on each sideV of the grate, and

against which its ends abut, built of brick or other suitable material, and J is the back wallA of the grate, similarly built, the top of which inclines backward and upward from the level 1 of the top of the grate to the back wall of the To` chimney at the foot j of the same, which foot is on a level with the top of the range.

K is the chimney, rising vertically from the pointy', with its rear wall built upon the wall .L back ofthe range.

M M are dues beginning adjacent to the jambs in the ash-pit g below the grate, thence running horizontally back through the back` wall, J, of the grate to the wall L, along which i they ascend vertically to open into the chim- 8@ neyat its footj. i y

N is the top plate of the range, made, preferably, of iron, and properly secured to the frame of the range. vn n are the usual lids for the said top plate, fitting into proper openings n n', and having between them the usual removable piece.

O isa rectangular plate, provided around its edge with the depending tlange o, the said flange having centrally under the ends of the 9c plate O the pins o o', which project downward and enter proper holes in the plate N, and ,l

bring the ange o into contact Vwith said top` plate, thus covering the openings nln when they are not being used. 9 5" o2 is a central circularopening in the plate O, over which opening an urn or other ornamental piece rests when cooking is not going The operation of this invention is as follows: roo` When the fire is burning, the direction of the main draft is from the grat-e along the inclosed top of the back Wall, J, to the point j, and thence up'the chimney. In consequence ofthe ues M M entering the chimney at the point j a second upward draft is created through these lues, which will draw the ashes and dust from the ash-pit, into which said lues open, to Wind up the chimney. It must be noticed that, when the doors D D and E E are closed, by removing the piecef from the openingfin the bottom of the hearth a draft will be produced through said opening, the direction of the draft being first down into the ash-pan, which projects considerably Within the range, and thence into the space below the grate.

Having thus described my invention, what I A. S. BROKE, J. C. GLUcK. 

